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Does silicate make up more or less than half of the mass of the crust?
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∙ 14y ago
it makes up more than hald because oxygen is the most abundant on our lithosphere and next is silicon following by nitrogen
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∙ 14y ago
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Do feldspars and quartz make up more than 50 percent of the Earth's crust?
Yes, Feldspar and quartz makes up half of the earth's crust.
What are the planets that make up Earth's crust?
Planets do not make up the Earth's crust.
What two crusts make up the Earth's crust?
Continental crust and Oceanic crust.
The Earth's crust includes ocean floors and?
The Earth's crust includes oceanic and continental categories, the oceanic crust composed of basalt rock and recycled in roughly 150 million year intervals by lithospheric plate movements, and the older less dense continental crust, composed of granitic rock.
What are the two types of crust that make up the outermost layer of the earth?
Continental Crust And Oceanic Crust.
Where can you find sodium Silicate?
Sodium silicate is nothing but Sand . So the source of sodium silicate in earth crust. The main use of sodium silicate is to make glass.
Silicate and nonsilicate?
Silicate minerals: contain silicon and oxygen, make up 96% of the Earth's crust Nonsilicate: Does not contain oxygen or Silicon, makes up 4% of the Earth's crust
What substances make up most of the earth's crust?
The crust is composed of rock. The rock of the crust is composed of predominately silicate minerals. The element in the crust with the highest percentage is oxygen.
How are silicate minerals different from non-silicate mineral?
Silicate minerals are can make up more than 90 percent of the earth's crust, the rest is made up of nonsilicate minerals, 10 percent.
What would be a good slogan for selling makeup?
tired of looking crust try this product and it will make you look less crust but you will still be crust:)
Does sodium silicate make a color?
Sodium silicate is white.
How do you make the perfect pie crust?
You put half of the water needed in the bowl and instead of putting the other half of water in, you put in pear juice. You get a crusty crust which is also sweet.
How can you make calcium silicate at home?
A mix of sodium silicate, aka waterglass, and calcium cloride will create calcium silicate.
What two types of crust are the tectonic plates made from?
Short Answer: The Earth has two types of crust, continental crust and oceanic crust. Basaltic rocks are the main component of oceanic crust. Continental crust consists mainly of lower density granitic rocks. The Better Answer: Tectonic plates and the Earth's crust are not the same thing. Tectonic plates are made of the Earth's crust, plus the upper layers of the Earth's mantle. Together the crust and the more solid upper mantle form the lithosphere. The crust itself is relatively thin, varying from a few kilometers thick to nearly a hundred kilometers. With the material of the mantle, the tectonic plates are 50 to 200 kilometers thick. Some plates are entirely continental and some are entirely oceanic and some are combined. Continental crust and oceanic crust are different in make up and properties. The continental crust has a density of about 2.7 g/cm3 and is mostly granitic, made of silicate materials with more aluminum and less iron and magnesium. Continental crust is generally thicker, in the range of 25 to 70 kilometers. Oceanic crust is more dense (density of about 2.9 g/cm3) and the average oceanic thickness is in the range of 7-10 kilometers. Oceanic crust is primarily basalt, composed of silicate material which is rich in iron and magnesium. Though only 40% of the Earth's surface is continental crust, there is more of it because it is thicker. Continental crust is about 70% of the volume of Earth's crust. Both types of crusts are less dense than the material of the Earth's mantle (density of about 3.3 g/cm3), so the "float" on the mantle.
What rocks make up the most of the Earth's crust?
granite makes up the world's continental crust. there are other types of rocks but granite is the main one.
What is a mineral silicate?
A silicate mineral is a mineral that contains both silica and oxygen. They make up about 95 percent of the Earth's surface.
Is salt a silicate?
Sodium chloride is not a silicate but silicates are salts. Don't make a confusion between NaCl and all other salts.
